English 2 unit 4 tg

English
UNIT 4
2
Teacher’s Guide

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UNIT 4
I Belong to a Community
Lesson 1: I Am a Man for Others
Target Skills:
Oral Language:
• Participate in group and individual oral interpretation of short poems and stories in
English
• Engage in variety of ways to share information (e.g., show and tell, dialogue, and
speak-up time)
• Speak clearly and audibly in full sentences
Fluency:
• Read Grade 2 level text in three to four word phrases using intonation, expression,
and punctuation cues
• Read automatically ﬁve high frequency/sight words per day
Listening Comprehension:
• Follow a set of verbal three-step directions with picture clues
• Listen and perform simple instructions
Phonics:
• Read and spell some irregularly spelled words
Vocabulary Development:
• Determine what words mean based on how they are used in a sentence
Book Knowledge:
• Identify title, author, and book illustrator
• Translate knowledge of reading conventions learned in the mother tongue to reading
in English
Reading Comprehension:
• Make connections of text to self
Writing Composition:
• Express ideas and opinions through creative and fun writing activities
Grammar:
• Recognize sentences and non-sentences
• Recognize and identify punctuation marks (e.g., period, question mark, exclamation
point)
Attitude Towards Language, Literature, and Literacy:
• Take books, newspapers, or magazines from home to school (or vice-versa) for
independent/extra reading
Study Strategies:
• Interpret simple maps of unfamiliar places, signs, and symbols
Objectives:
Participate in group and individual oral interpretation of short stories in English
Identify and differentiate sentences and non-sentences
Read routinely ﬁve high frequency/sight words per day

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Subject Matter: Story: “Taxi, Ma’am, Sir!” by Dali Soriano
Materials: manila paper, flash cards, and teacher chart
Value Focus: Realize the importance of the Golden Rule: Do to others what you want
others do to you
Develop creative thinking through varied activities
Procedure:
Daily Language Activity:
Conduct a drill on sight words for the day.
Ask the pupils to read then spell the following target words. Explain their meaning and
have the pupils use the words in meaningful sentences.
1. there 2. is 3. are 4. was 5. were
Motivation:
Show the teacher chart to the pupils. Ask them to act out the poem while reciting it to
show how to care for people. Allow the pupils to repeat and read the lines after the first
reading. (Refer to LM, p. 365, Get Set) Have the pupils answer the questions that follow.
Presentation:
Focus on the following target words to unlock their meaning through the suggested
strategies:
1. village – (context clue and picture)
Say: I need to go to town and visit my grandma who lives in the village.
(Show the map or picture.)
Ask: What is a village?
Let the pupils give the definition.
2. passenger – (demo) “Oh, I’m going to ride the bus. Hmm, there are many passengers
inside. There’s no more seat for another passenger so I’ll just call a taxi.”
3. taxi – Show pictures of a bus, jeep, and taxi. Ask which of the three modes of
transportation is a taxi. Ask for a volunteer who will show the picture.
4. pay – “Oh, I’m here in the village. I need to pay the taxi driver.”
Ask: What do you do when you pay?
Instruct the pupils to get their books and answer the following questions:
What is the title of our story? Who is the author of the story?
Motive Question:
Say: In our story today, who will show his/her care for others?
Let the pupils guess and make their predictions. List them on the board.
Conduct an interactive storytelling session of “Taxi, Ma’am, Sir!”
(Refer to LM, pp. 366-367, Let’s Aim)
Ask the pupils to draw the characters and the setting on the board. Let them bring props
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Group Work:
Group the class by threes and discuss how they will answer this chart. Have the groups
make their own chart in manila paper.
Title of the Story: _____________________________________________________
Author/Writer: _______________________________________________________
Setting:
Time
Place
Generalization:
The three basic elements of the story are the characters, setting (time and place),
and plot (events).
Explain the following basic elements of a story:
1. characters 2. setting (time and place) 3. plot (events)
Application:
Let the pupils make their own wanted poster. (Refer to LM, p. 368, I Can Do It)
Discuss the answers to the following questions after doing the activity:
1. Who was the main character in the story? What did he do to get his reward or prize?
2. What reward did he get? Why?
3. If you could give a reward to the little boy, what would it be and why?
4. What happened to the boy when he helped the old man?
Evaluation:
Say: Aside from your family who else in the community do you wish to help? Why?
Draw and write why you want to help them.
Agreement:
Let the pupils draw and write on a piece of bond paper the reasons why they want to
help their family.
Lesson 2: My Responsibility, My Community
Objectives:
Engage in a variety of ways to share information (dialogue)
Read automatically ﬁve high frequency/sight words per day
Interpret signs and symbols
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Subject Matter: ESL (English as a Second Language) Dialogue Drill and Different
Means of Transportation
Materials: pictures of commercially made signs, pentel pen, bond paper, CD,
CD player, and manila paper
Value Focus: Following traffic signs on the streets is really important
Let us appreciate the different community helpers because they help the
people in our neighborhood
Procedure:
Conduct a drill on the following words for the day.
1. for 2. to 3. the 4. this 5. have
Motivation:
Have the pupils close their eyes and imagine that they are outside.
Ask: What do you see on the streets? (Refer to LM, p. 369, Get Set)
Presentation:
Tell the pupils to read and answer the riddle.
Riddle: You see me on the streets.
I make sure there’s no traffic.
I am kind to law-abiding drivers.
But I give tickets to irresponsible ones.
Who am I?
Answer: Police officer or traffic enforcer
Ask: Aside from the police officers, who else do you see on the streets?
Today, we will try to recall the story you read yesterday by using the dialogue in
the story. Can you remember the characters who were on the street?
Model the dialogue in the LM Let’s Aim activity. Do the ESL Dialogue Drill. Bring
props. The setting may be posted on the board. Do the fun ESL Dialogue Activity.
Repeat the lines so that the pupils can remember the dialogue.
Comprehension Questions:
Ask: Who are the main characters of the story?
Have the pupils do the autograph of the boy. Have them pretend that they are the boy
answering the autograph. Explain how to answer the autograph and then let the pupils
complete the autograph by answering the LM. (Refer to LM, p. 371, We Can Do It)
Let the pupils work by pairs.
Application:
Ask: What mode of transportation was mentioned in the story? What other means of
transportation do you know? Draw them. (Refer to LM, p. 372, I Can Do It)

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Lesson 3: Let’s Talk about Our Community
Objectives:
Engage in a variety of ways to share information (dialogue, show and tell, and speak-up time)
Read automatically ﬁve high frequency/sight words per day
Read and spell some irregularly spelled words (e.g., have, said, please, because)
Use simple sentences to express ideas and opinions through creative and fun writing
activities
Subject Matter: Expressive Writing Using Simple Sentences
Materials: manila paper, teacher chart, markers, art materials, and ﬂash cards
Value Focus: It’s fun to talk about my family and community
Sharing one’s experience with others is great
Procedure:
Conduct a drill on the following words for the day:
1. has 2. yes 3. no 4. you 5. your
Motivation:
Show the teacher chart.
Ask: What is the following saying trying to tell us?
PASSAGE
Without the letters in the alphabet, there will be no words.
Without words, there will be no phrases.
Without phrases, there will be no sentences.
Without sentences, there will be no paragraphs.
Without paragraphs, there will be no stories.
Without stories, there will be nothing to read and enjoy.
Presentation:
Have a “Think Aloud” activity while showing the teacher chart.
Example:
1. The boy helps the man.
2. The man is _____.
Ask: Which of the two groups of words is a sentence?
What should you put at the end of a sentence?

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Guided Practice:
Show ﬂash cards with the following words. Let the pupils read.
1. The dog barks at me
2. the cat has
Ask: How will you know if the group of words is a sentence or not?
Say: A sentence has a complete thought and is usually composed of a subject and a
predicate. A phrase is only a group of words but does not have a complete thought.
Which of the two groups of words has a complete thought? Why?
Independent Practice: (Refer to LM, p. 373, Let’s Aim)
Let the pupils draw their answers and construct two to three sentences to express their
ideas. Display their work for the Gallery Walk activity.
Instruct the pupils to look at the gallery and let them talk about what they see in each
other’s work.
Application: (Refer to LM, p. 374, I Can Do It)
Ask: How do you help your family and other members of your community?
Have the pupils tell their own experiences by using simple sentences. Let them share
in front of the class the things they do to help their family. The pupils may share using
their mother tongue. List their responses on the board. Write their names beside their
sentences and the translation will be done by the class.
Evaluation: (Refer to LM, p. 374, Measure My Learning)
Key to Correction:
1.☺ 2. 3. ☺ 4. ☺ 5.
Lesson 4: Learn More about Your Community
Objectives:
Perform during speak-up time
Recognize and identify punctuation marks
Read Grade 2 level text in three to four word phrases using intonation
Determine what words mean based on the punctuation marks used in a sentence
Subject Matter: Poem: “The Books That We Read” by Amcy M. Esteban
Punctuation Marks
Materials: teacher chart, ﬂash cards, manila paper, and pentel pen
Value Focus: Realize that it’s fun to recognize and learn how to use punctuation marks to
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Procedure:
Say: Let’s learn new words today.
1. so 2. how 3. what 4. where 5. when
Motivation:
Compose a short dialogue (bubble) using a declarative, interrogative, or exclamatory
sentence.
Presentation:
Ask: Do you know when to use the three punctuation marks? Today, we will find out
how these marks are used in writing sentences and why they are important to learn.
Have a read-along activity of the poem “The Books That We Read” by Amcy M.
Esteban. (Refer to LM, p. 375, Let’s Aim)
Tell the pupils to use their finger as guide while the poem is read.
Guided Practice:
Say: Read and look at the poem again. What punctuation marks do you see?
Ask for volunteers to encircle the punctuation marks.
Answer: period, question mark, and exclamation point
Ask: What kind of feeling is expressed when the writer asked, “Children?”
How did the sentence end?
Answer: The writer expressed the feeling of being uncertain as she asks what
books children read.
Ask: What kind of feeling is expressed when she said, “Others love fables!”
How did the sentence end?
Answer: Probably she was excited or thrilled. An exclamation point shows
extreme feelings.
Say: Let’s boost our memory by doing the “Sound Effects” game in order to help us
remember the three punctuation marks.
Show the punctuation marks on giant flash cards. Teach the corresponding sound effects
to make learning more fun.
1. period – popping sound of lips “pop”
2. question mark – “haaaa? Pop”
3. exclamation mark – “huuu! Pop!”
Tell the pupils to write the marks in the air and make the sound effects.
Explain the uses of the three punctuation marks and relate the lesson to Filipino.
Ask: Do you know your punctuation marks? Read and explain the description and then
draw the correct punctuation mark inside the box.

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Group Work:
Ask the pupils to ﬁnd as many punctuation marks as they can in the story, “Taxi, Ma’am,
Sir!” Group the pupils by fours and let the groups count how many periods, question
marks, and exclamation points they see. Discuss the different punctuation marks seen in
the story.
Generalization:
Tell the pupils to look at the marks inside the boxes.
Ask: What are they?
These are the punctuation marks used in the story. Can you identify them? Tell
whether it is a period, question mark, or exclamation point.
. This is a period. It tells us the end of a sentence.
? This is a question mark. It is used to end a question.
! This is an exclamation point. It is used to end sentences
or words that express strong feelings.
Independent Practice: (Refer to LM, p. 377, I Can Do It)
Ask the pupils to read the sentence with the correct intonation, expression, and
punctuation. Then, make them discover the missing punctuation marks and put them in
the box.
Application:
Using oslo paper or construction paper, let the pupils make their own punctuation book
mark. Ask them to use as many punctuation marks as they can in their design.
Say: Construct three sentences using the different kinds of punctuation marks that
you’ve learned today. Be ready for speak-up time later.
Evaluation:
Have the pupils create/make a bookmark where different punctuation marks learned are
written.
Speak-Up Time
Look at My Punctuation Bookmark!
Today, I was able to create and
name the ? . and !
Say: We can use these punctuation marks to improve our writing skills.

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Lesson 5: Punctuation Marks Are Important
Objectives:
Recognize and identify punctuation marks
Read and spell irregularly spelled words
Read automatically the 20 high frequency words for the week
Take books, newspapers, or magazines from home to school (or vice-versa) for
Read and spell some irregularly spelled words
Subject Matter: Punctuation Marks
Materials: manila paper, markers, notebook, and pictures of children doing action words
Value Focus: Punctuation marks are used in sentences to make our ideas and thoughts
clear. It is important to know and understand how to use them correctly.
Procedure:
1. there 6. for 11. has 16. so
2. is 7. to 12. yes 17. how
3. are 8. he 13. no 18. what
4. was 9. this 14. you 19. where
5. were 10. have 15. your 20. when
Motivation: (Refer to LM, p. 377, Get Set)
Presentation:
Have the class recall the three kinds of punctuation marks they learned in the previous
lesson.
Answer: period, question mark, and exclamation point
Show pictures on the board.
Ask: What can you say about the picture?
Pick a picture and then ask a question about it.
Example: What is the lady holding? She is holding lots of papers.
Oh no! She dropped the paper on the wet ﬂoor!
Ask: What punctuation mark do you see in the ﬁrst sentence? Why did I put a ______
at the end of the sentence? How about the second and third sentences?
Guided Practice:
Trio Talk: Group the class by threes. Allow the pupils to describe the pictures in order
to construct a sentence. Then, the next volunteer will ask a question about the picture.
Finally, another pupil will make an exclamatory sentence. Write the sentences of the
pupils and ask them to put the correct punctuation marks after each sentence.

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Group Work:
Tell the pupils to find as many punctuation marks as they can from a story in a book,
newspapers, or magazine. Do a Round Robin activity. Each group will have four
members and they will take turns in speaking and showing the punctuation marks they
found.
Generalization:
Punctuation marks are used in books, magazines, comics, and other reading
materials. We can classify them as period, question mark, and exclamation point.
It is important to know and understand how to use punctuation marks because they
will tell us when to stop and what kind of sentence we are using.
Agreement:
Have the class take books, newspapers, or magazines from home to school (or vice-
versa) for independent/extra reading. Let them look for more punctuation marks and
locate information from different sources.
Lesson 6: Be Aware of Your Community
Target Skills:
Oral Language:
• Participate in group and individual oral interpretation of short poems and stories in
English
• Dramatize familiar stories, rhymes, and poems using English
• Engage in variety of ways to share information (dialogue, show and tell, and speak-
up time)
Fluency:
• Read aloud Grade 2 level texts
• Read Grade 2 level text in three to four word phrases using intonation, expression,
and punctuation cues
• Read automatically five high frequency/sight words per day
• Follow a set of verbal three-step directions with picture clues
• Listen and perform simple instructions
• Participate in the retelling of poems and stories
Phonics:
• Read and spell some irregularly spelled words (e.g., have, said, please, because)
• Read and spell words with inflectional endings
Book Knowledge:
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• Identify the basic sequence of events and make relevant predictions about the story
• Sequence information from a procedural text read
• Infer/Predict outcomes
• Make connections of text to self
• Express ideas and opinions through creative and fun writing activities
• Write a personal recount by completing a stem to answer guide questions
(Example: What did you do last weekend? Last weekend, we...)
• Make a card for various occasions
Grammar:
• Recognize and identify punctuation marks
(e.g., period, question mark, exclamation point)
• Define words with similar meanings or synonyms
Study Strategies:
Objectives:
Speak clearly and audibly
Follow a set of written or verbal three-step directions
Sequence information from a procedural text read
Recognize and identify different environmental signs
Subject Matter: Identifying the Different Environmental Signs
Taking Care of Our Community and Our People
Materials: manila paper, teacher chart, markers, art materials, and flash cards
Value Focus: Understanding the meaning of traffic signs on the streets is
important. They can save people’s lives.
We should look after the welfare of future generations.
Procedure:
Pre-Assessment: (Refer to LM, pp. 378-379, Let’s Try)
Key to Correction:
I. 1.-3. Answers may vary.
II. 4. 6 5. 4 6. 5
III.7. D 8. A 9. B 10. C
Motivation:
Show a picture of a dump truck and let the pupils tell something about it.
Ask: How many of the environmental signs do you know? (Refer to LM, p. 380, Get
Set) Let the pupils look at the street signs and allow them to choose and show the
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Presentation:
Three-Step Direction:
Dump Truck Activity – Let the pupils play, learn, and have fun as they do the Newspaper
Game. Demonstrate the following:
1. Pick right, tear, crumple, and throw.
Pick left, tear, crumple and throw.
2. Create a dump truck and deliver the trash in the dump site.
Ask: What mode of transportation was used in your game? (a dump truck)
Who are the people who collect garbage every day? (garbage collector or
trash collector)
Have the class follow the procedure of the “Environmental Sign” game:
1. Everybody will turn themselves into different means of transportation. Choices may
include bikes, motorcycles, cars, buses, etc.
2. Play the music and let the pupils move around the play area. When the music stops,
they will pick up their environmental signs like, One Way, Do Not Enter, No Parking,
etc.
Group Work:
Have the pupils draw two street signs that they always see in their neighborhood and
write something about them. Let them show and share their work with their seatmate.
Guided Practice:
Ask: Do you know the meaning of all these signs? (Show again the five street signs)
Which of the street signs do you already know? (Speak-up Time)
How do the police officers and traffic enforcers keep the order on the streets?
Are street signs important? Why or why not? Where do you see these signs?
Say: Draw the street sign that you always see in your neighborhood and say something
about it.
Generalization:
Show your respect for the law by following traffic signs. If we follow traffic signs,
there will be peace and order on the streets.
Evaluation:
Have the pupils say YES if each situation shows respect for the law and say NO if it
doesn’t.
______ 1. Ted uses the pedestrian lane in crossing a street.
______ 2. Dennis waits for the traffic light to turn green before crossing a street.
______ 3. Rafael parks his car in an area where the sign “No Parking” is found.
______ 4. Mr. Roxas limits his car speed whenever he sees the sign “Slow Down.”
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Lesson 7: We Are the Guardians of Our Environment
Objectives:
Determine what words mean based on how they are used in a sentence
Make connections to text and self through varied activities
Read Grade 2 level text in three to four word phrases using intonation, expression, and
punctuation cues
Make a card for various occasions
Subject Matter: Story: “The Greening of Malaya Park” by Dali Soriano
Materials: teacher chart, ﬂash cards, and pictures
Value Focus: People should take care of the environment and help make it clean and
safe. Keep your surroundings clean and conserve our natural resources.
Procedure:
1. do 2. did 3. said 4. answer 5. draw
Motivation:
Show a picture of a place littered with garbage and another picture of a clean park.
Compare and contrast the two pictures.
1. trash – Pick the trash inside the classroom and ask the pupils “What am I doing?”
Show the trash and ask what you are holding. Explain that trash is the synonym of
garbage. Other possible answers: junk, rubbish, litter, refuse, and rubbish.
Say: In Filipino, trash means basura. What is the synonym of basura? Basura and
kalat are synonyms. So what do you think is the meaning of synonyms?
2. big bump – Show a picture of a boy who has a big bump in his forehead.
Ask: What is this? Point at the big bump of the child.
3. park – Play the game “Pinoy Henyo” to unlock the word park.
Ask: Have you ever played in a park? Share your experience by pairs and then switch
partners. In our story today, what do you think will happen in the park?
Read Aloud:
Tell the author, illustrator, and title of the story. Read these aloud and ask the pupils to
imagine the setting and the characters of the story.
Say: Let’s read “The Greening of Malaya Park.” (Refer to LM, pp. 381-382, Let’s Read)
If you were the character in the story, how would you help maintain the greening
of Malaya Park? Answer the comprehension questions after reading.
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Group Work:
Group 1 – (Freeze Frame): Allow the pupils to work in groups of ten. Let them use
their creativity by showing the important scenes in the story. The group
members will talk to decide which event of the story they will show. They
will pose as if somebody will take their photos while depicting the chosen
scene in the story, “The Greening of Malaya Park.” Then, a pupil will discuss
the scene that they chose and why they chose that particular event of the
story.
Group 2 – Have the pupils create a poster with a slogan about preserving the park.
Generalization:
Read and then the pupils will repeat the lines using correct intonation, expression, and
punctuation cues.
Always remember: Let’s take care of the environment and help make it safe
and clean.
Instruct the pupils to draw and make a card to express their ideas on showing love for
Mother Earth.
Ask: What can I do to help clean my environment?
Show the following chart to the pupils. Have them complete the sentence.
My Promise
I promise to________________________________________________________.
Agreement: (Refer to LM, p. 384, Agreement)
Have the pupils cut out pictures of the other community helpers from old magazines or
newspapers or ask the pupils to just draw them.
Say: Be ready for Speak-up Time tomorrow about the community helper that you will
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Lesson 8: Experience Is the Best Teacher for Everybody
Objectives:
Read Grade 2 level text in three to four word phrases using correct intonation,
expression, and punctuation cues
Speak clearly and audibly in full sentence
Listen and perform simple instructions
Subject Matter: The Language Experience Approach – LEA
Following Simple Instructions
Materials: newspaper, manila paper, markers, and flash cards
Value Focus: We can improve our skills in communication by telling our experience.
Experience is the best teacher.
Procedure:
1. please 2. book 3. very 4. wash 5. which
Motivation:
Say: Today, we will learn about the different jobs of people in our community.
Ask the pupils to share their homework. Let them speak about the community helper that
they chose.
Presentation:
Ask: What kind of movement do you think you should do to hold the newspaper in the
air? Who can demonstrate how an airplane flies? (Ask for a volunteer to
demonstrate.) Do you know who is in charge of making airplanes, jetfighters and
helicopters fly? (Refer to LM, p. 385, Get Set)
Newspaper Aero Movement: This game can be played outside the classroom.
Play this game to develop the learners’ critical thinking skills, creativity, hand-eye
coordination, and following 3- to 4-step directions. Make sure the newspaper will not
fall on the ground. Warn the pupils that they can’t hold the paper. Post the instructions if
the pupils can’t guess how.
Language Experience Approach:
Initiate a short discussion about the experience.
Ask questions to elicit specific details.
Example: How did you discover how to let the newspaper fly without touching it?
Write the pupils’ responses on a manila paper and model the reading while doing so.
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Guided Practice:
Guide the oral reading (individual and group) after each sentence is written. Include
questions to generate interpretative and critical level of thinking.
Example: What would you be doing if you were the pilot of an airplane?
Probe where necessary. Record as many responses as time would allow.
Independent Practice:
Display the work of the pupils and let them echo and read their spoken output line by
line. Let the pupils do this activity individually on their seats. Call the pupils one by one
to help them read their output.
Ask: What can you say about your classmates’ output and our lesson for today?
Group Work: (Refer to LM, p. 385, We Can Do It)
Evaluation:
Ask: How did you feel after playing the game? What did we accomplish after playing?
Always remember that “Experience is the best teacher.” We can improve our skills
in communication by sharing our experience. What else did you do? The dialogue
that we did today made me think that a dialogue is like a _________.
Lesson 9: Beautiful Sights in Our Environment
Objectives:
Speak clearly and audibly in full sentence
Listen and follow a set of written or verbal three-step directions
Recognize sentences and non-sentences
Read Grade 2 level text in three to four word phrases
Interpret signs and symbols
Express ideas and opinions through creative and fun activities
Subject Matter: Following Three-step Written and Verbal Directions
Writing Sentences from Meaningful Experiences
Materials: manila paper, markers, pictures of different land vehicles with wheels
Value Focus: Realize that reading books can help us learn about the world around us
and many vital lessons in life
Appreciate the importance of observing one’s surroundings
Procedure:
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Motivation:
Ask the pupils to sing the song, “The Wheels on the Bus.”
Show the teacher chart using manila paper.
Replace the means of transportation by using word flash cards.
Example: The wheels on the truck go round and round. Round and round (2x)
Use the Question Chart and let the pupils answer the next questions.
(Refer to LM, p. 386, Get Set)
Group Activity:
Ask the pupils to tell something about a picture containing many details.
Say: Look at the picture. What do you see? Use the sentence pattern.
(Refer to LM, p. 387, We Can Do It)
Dialogue – I spy with my beautiful eyes... I see a/an_____________.
Give a copy of the picture to each group and let them do their group work.
1. Divide the class into teams with five members each.
2. Put a scoreboard on the chalkboard.
3. The teams look for animals, people, and objects that can be found anywhere in the
picture.
4. When a team finds one, the leader shouts, “I spy...”
5. Recognize the team and allow the leader to finish the sentence. I spy a/an _______.
6. Write the name of the animal/person/object under the column of the team.
7. The team that finds the most characters wins.
8. The game is over when all the ten or more characters are found.
Tell the pupils to go around the school area and list what they see in their notebook.
After walking around the school, let the pupils complete the sentence stem. “I spy with
my beautiful eyes… I see a/an ______.” (Refer to LM, p. 388, I Can Do It)
Example: I am so proud of myself because I know what a sentence means and I can
already write simple sentences. Today, I also learned how to observe and love
the environment.
Lesson 10: Our Plants: Our Life
Objectives:
Participate in group and individual oral interpretation of short poems and stories in
English
Identify the basic sequence of events and make relevant predictions about the story
Sequence information from a procedural text read
Infer and make relevant predictions about the story
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Subject Matter: Sequencing of Events
Materials: picture of plants, different kinds of seeds, and teacher chart
Value Focus: Life is precious and it is like a cycle.
Procedure:
1. which 2. scare 3. that 4. thank 5. make
Motivation:
Have the class guess the following riddle:
I am small. But I can grow as tall as a building.
I am a living thing. Birds, bees, and the wind help me spread and grow.
What am I?
Answer: A seed
Have the pupils make a bulletin board. (Refer to LM, p. 389, Get Set)
Presentation:
Have a poetry reading of “I Planted a Seed” by Amcy M. Esteban. (Refer to LM, p. 390,
Let’s Aim) Use the correct expression and punctuation cues while reading the poem. Tell
the pupils to look for the different punctuation marks in the poem.
Group Work:
Ask the pupils to arrange the pictures to show the life of a plant. Prepare two sets of
pictures. The team who will be able to arrange the correct order of events ﬁrst will be the
winner. Have the teams locate information from the poem.
Tell the pupils to answer the Cloze activity entitled “Seeds.”
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Lesson 11: Find the Inner Beauty of Others
Target Skills:
Oral Language:
• Listen and respond to texts to clarify meaning heard while drawing on personal
experiences
• Speak clearly and audibly
Fluency:
• Read Grade 2 level text in three to four word phrases using correct intonation,
• Read with automaticity forty (40) 2nd grade high frequency / sight words
• Retell familiar stories to other children
• Listen to and perform simple instructions
• Listen and respond to text listened to
• Follow a set of verbal three-step directions with picture cues
• Identify important details in expository text listened to
Alphabet Knowledge:
• Identify letters in Filipino that are not present in English or vice-versa
Phonological Awareness:
• Supply words that rhyme with given words
• Ask about unfamiliar words to learn about meaning
Grammar:
• Write simple sentences in context using prepositions
Attitude Towards Reading:
• Express feelings and opinions through different writing activities
Study Strategies:
• Interpret simple signs and symbols
• Express feelings and opinions through different writing activities
• Write simple sentences in context using prepositions
Book Knowledge:
Objectives:
Read with automaticity forty (40) 2nd grade high frequency / sight words
Retell familiar stories to other children
Listen and respond to texts to clarify meaning heard while drawing on personal
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Subject Matter: Story: “Mark Has Horse’s Ears” an adaptation of “Mark Has Horse’s Ears”
by Robert Nye
Infer and Predict Outcomes
Make Connections between Text and Self
Materials: fake ears, bond paper, art materials, manila paper, ﬂash cards, used
paper bags or clean sock
Value Focus: The inner beauty of a person is more important than his/her physical
appearance.
Procedure:
Key to Correction:
I. 1. 6. II. 1. in III. 1.-5. Answers will vary.
2. x 7. 2. in
3. 8. 3. on
4. 9. 4. in front of
5. x 10. x 5. beside
1. there 6. for 11. has 16. so
2. is 7. to 12. yes 17. how
3. are 8. he 13. no 18. what
4. was 9. this 14. you 19. where
5. were 10. have 15. your 20. when
Motivation:
Show pictures of people with different kinds of ears, lips, eyes, nose, and facial features.
Ask: What can you say about these people?
What makes these people special?
In our story today, what do you think will be the problem of our main character?
Presentation:
Do a puppet show using stick or sock puppets. Present the story “Mark Has Horse’s
Ears.” (Refer to LM, pp. 400-401, Agreement)
Group Work:
Ask the pupils to choose one learning center where they would like to work. They can
use the mother tongue in completing their task. However, encourage them to speak in
English while working. Then, try to translate after their presentation.
Learning Center 1 – Make paper bag hand puppets and talk about the characteristics of
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Learning Center 2 – Imagine the time and place where the story happened then create/
make a group poster where the setting of the story is reﬂected.
Explain how to do the story pyramid. (Refer to LM, p. 393, We Can Do It)
Let the pupils make a pyramid by ﬁlling in the boxes with important information from
the story.
Example:
The guests giggled.The barber told his secret.He hid his ears.
People might laugh at him.He has big ears.
Mark Has Horse’s Ears
Ask the pupils to answer the questions and recite in front of the class.
1. How did Mark solve his problem?
2. Did the mother do the right thing? Why?
3. If you were the mother, how would you solve the problem?
Ask: Can you mention other characters or people who don’t look good but have kind
hearts? Why do you say they have kind hearts? (Refer to LM, p. 394, I Can Do It)
Evaluation:
Ask: What could be the reason why the boy has horse’s ears?
What is more important, the physical appearance of a person or the beauty of
one’s heart?
Lead the discussion to help pupils realize that the inner beauty of a person is more
important than his/her physical appearance.
Agreement:
Retell the story to your family members.
Lesson 12: Reading Shapes Our Community
Objectives:
Participate in the retelling of the story
Recall the important details of the story
Listen and respond to texts to clarify meaning heard while drawing on personal experiences
Express feelings and opinions through different writing activities
Subject Matter: Story: “Mark Has Horse’s Ears” an adaptation of “Mark Has Horse’s Ears”
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Materials: costume, straw, manila paper, paper clips, masking tape, old newspaper
Value Focus: Knowing the characters in a story and understanding how the
characters behave is exciting and meaningful.
Procedure:
Motivation:
Ask the pupils to draw their favorite storybook character and let them imagine what
would happen if a storybook character were to come to life and walk in the classroom or
into the pupil’s home. (Refer to LM, p. 394, Get Set)
Presentation:
Direct the pupils to act out what the main character saw, felt, and heard in the story.
Reread the story and use the “Read Along” technique. Let the pupils listen to you while
you read and they use their ﬁngers to follow until the end of the story.
Dress the Character:
1. Divide the pupils in small groups.
2. Give them materials to dress up one member of their group as a character from
one of the animal stories read earlier. To ensure a variety of characters and to avoid
replication, once a group decides on a character, the other groups cannot choose that
character anymore.
3. Pupils can use only the materials given to them, otherwise they’ll be disqualiﬁed.
Choose a reporter who will talk about the character.
Give them 15 minutes to do this activity.
Explain to your class that a time capsule is a sealed container preserving artifacts and
records of the current time for people to uncover in the far future. Discuss with your
class if the story “Mark Has Horse’s Ears” was in a time capsule, what would people in
the future learn from it?
Generalization:
The characters of the story are the people, animals, and things in the story.
Evaluation:
Ask: Why is it important to read and to know the characters of the story?
Knowing the characters and understanding how the characters behave is exciting and
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Lesson 13: We Are Unique and Special
Objectives:
Supply words that rhyme with given words
Ask about unfamiliar words to learn about meaning
Speak clearly and audibly
Subject Matter: Rhyme: “What Animals Said”
Rhyming Words and Words with Inflectional Ending
Materials: pictures of different kinds of ears
Value Focus: Love yourself and be thankful that you are unique.
Procedure:
Motivation:
Ask: Whose ears are these?
(Show flash cards of the following: ears of a monkey, ears of man, ears of an
elephant, ears of a tiger, ears of an elf, and ears of a horse.)
Ask: If animals could speak, what do you think will they say to people? If you were to
become an animal, what would you like to be and why? Today, we will find out
what the animals will say in our poem.
Presentation:
Read to the class the poem “What the Animals Said.” (Refer to LM, p. 397, Get Set)
Ask: Can you remember the animals mentioned in the poem? Recall and name as many
animals as you can.
Guided Practice:
Tell the pupils to listen to the last sound of the words that rhyme in each line.
Allow them to read the rhyming words. (Refer to LM, p. 397, Let’s Aim)
Allow the pupils to think of rhyming words and encourage them to share their “Rhyming
Words Collection” box. (Refer to LM, p. 398, I Can Do It)
Lesson 14: Teamwork Leads to Success
Objectives:
Write simple sentences in context using prepositions
Ask about unfamiliar words to learn about meaning
Take books from home to school (or vice-versa) for independent/extra reading
Interpret simple signs and symbols
Subject Matter: Writing Simple Sentences in Context Using Prepositions and Alphabetizing
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Value Focus: Working together as a team can help us ﬁnish our alphabet banner
faster.
Procedure:
Motivation:
Ask the pupils to study the symbols for the alphabets. Use these to decode the secret
message. (Refer to LM, p. 399, Get Set)
Show the answer – I love the prepositions.
Ask: What do you know about prepositions?
Why do we need to study prepositions?
Today, we will sing a song about prepositions to understand its meaning and to
learn more about them.
Guided Practice:
Show the teacher chart and the pictures or create your own jazz chant.
Where’s the monkey? Where is it? (2x)
In the box (2x)
Where’s the bird? Where is it? (2x)
On the tree (2x)
Where’s the snake? Where is it? (2x)
Under the rock (2x)
On, in, and under
Where’s the apple? Where is it? (2x)
In the box (2x)
Where’s the carrot? Where is it? (2x)
On the chair (2x)
Where’s the rabbit? Where is it? (2x)
Under the bench (2x)
On, in, and under. Great!
Where’s the book? Where is it? (2x)
On the desk (2x)
Where’s the pencil? Where is it? (2x)
In the box (2x)
Where’s the ruler? Where is it? (2x)
Under the chair (2x)
On, in, and under. See you next time!
Have the class make a preposition banner. Divide the class into ﬁve groups so they can
make their alphabet banners made of colorful construction paper. Write simple sentences
using the prepositions in, on, and under to help your team make meaningful buntings.
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Evaluation:
Have the pupils share the things they did to come up with their output by completing the
sentence:
(1) __________ helped us finish our banner with the prepositions (2) _____,
(3) _____, and (4) _____.
Agreement:
Reread the story “Mark Has Horse’s Ears” and answer questions on the LM, p. 401.
Lesson 15: Working as a Team
Objectives:
Review alphabetizing and read the alphabets in English
Identify the letters in the mother tongue / Filipino that are not present in the English
alphabets and vice-versa
Write simple sentences in context using prepositions
Subject Matter: Prepositions and Using Them in Meaningful Sentences
Materials: teacher chart, flash cards, art materials, markers, and manila paper
Value Focus: Working as a team can be faster than working alone.
Procedure:
Say: Let’s begin by singing the Alphabet Song in English and then in Filipino/
mother tongue. Which letters in Filipino are not present in the English
alphabets? (Answers: ñ and ng)
1. my 2. here 3. there 4. and 5. does
Presentation:
Have an “Alphabet Animal Relay” game. Give two sets of words which Group A and
Group B will use for the relay. Each team will arrange the words in alphabetical order.
cat bat ant dog
The team who finishes first wins the game.
Add words for the game like iguana, jaguar, kangaroo, newt, lizard, octopus, parrot,
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Motivation:
Show a stuffed toy animal and ask the pupils where it is. Put the stuffed toy in the
following places:
Ask: Where is the toy?
Say: The toy is on the table.
The toy is under the chair.
The toy is in the bag.
Introduce the three prepositions – beside, in front of, and above.
Say: The toy is beside the pupil.
The toy is in front of the blackboard.
The toy is above my head.
Key to Correction:
1. The rooster is in front of the car. 2. The mouse is behind the block.
3. The ball is beside the box. 4. The apple is on top of the book.
Allow the pupils to use things inside the classroom to review the prepositions that
they’ve just learned. Allow them to construct their own sentences and then share
their sentences with their partner. Then, let them analyze the chart and construct five
sentences.
Tell the pupils to look at the following animals and write five sentences explaining where
they are. Use the prepositions in, on, under, behind, beside, and in front of.
Evaluation:
Ask: What can you do to make your task faster?
Why do we need to study prepositions?
Say: Working together as a team can help us finish our task faster. Studying the
prepositions can be useful in telling where things are.
Agreement:
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Lesson 16: Respect for Life: Uplift People
Target Skills:
Oral Language:
• Listen and respond to texts to clarify meaning heard while drawing on personal
experiences
• Participate in group and individual oral interpretation of short poems, rhymes, and
stories in English
• Engage in variety of ways to share information (e.g., summarizing and show and tell)
Fluency:
• Read aloud Grade 2 level text
• Read Grade 2 level text with an accuracy rate of 95 to 100%
• Read Grade 2 level text in three- to four-word phrases using correct intonation,
• Read automatically 100 2nd grade high frequency / sight words – ten words a week
• Listen to and perform simple instructions
• Recognize and identify words with similar meaning and list synonyms
• Identify the basic sequence of events and make relevant predictions about stories
Writing and Composition:
• Write a personal recount by completing a stem to answer guide questions
(Ex. What did you do last weekend? Last weekend, we...)
• Write a simple story
Attitude towards Language, Literature, and Literacy:
• Retell or re-read familiar stories to other children
• Express feelings and opinions through varied writing activities
• Take books from home to school (or vice-versa) for independent/extra reading
Study Strategies:
Objectives:
Participate in the retelling of poems and stories
Sequence the events of the story and make relevant predictions about the story
Identify the important details in expository text listened to
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Subject Matter: Story: “The Lion and the Mouse”
Materials: puppets, pictures, and story book
Value Focus: Respect life and do not underestimate others. Justice is to give everyone
their due. Do not oppress or take advantage of anyone.
Procedure:
Key to Correction:
I. 1. ☺ II. 1. III. IV. 1. b
2. 2. 2. b
3. 3. x 3. b
4. ☺ 4. 4. c
5. ☺ 5. 5. c
6. c
Motivation:
Teach the poem: “Hickory Dickory” and let the pupils recite the poem.
Hickory Dickory Dock
The mouse went up the clock.
The clock struck one.
The mouse ran down
Hickory Dickory Dock.
Let the pupils answer LM, p. 407, Get Set. Have the class ﬁnd the rhyming words in the
poem.
Ask: What other rhyming words do you know?
What animal went up the clock?
Have you ever seen a mouse? Describe a mouse using a semantic map.
Unlocking of Difﬁcult Words:
Unlock the meaning of the following words as suggested below:
1. shade – I go under the tree because it’s too hot. I really love the shade.
2. squeak – Demonstrate and let the pupils do the sound.
3. trap – Show a mouse trap.
Ask: Can you think of a word with a similar meaning to trap?
trap – catch, ensnare, shut in, lock in
Read Along:
Read aloud the story and the pupils will read along. (Refer to LM, pp. 408-409, Let’s Aim)
Explain the “Question Box Surprise.”
Allow a volunteer to pick a question from a box and anybody in the classroom can
answer the question orally. Allow the pupils to read the questions and write their answers
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1. Who are the main characters of the story?
2. Where did the story happen?
3. When did the story happen?
4. What was the lion doing under the narra tree?
5. Who woke up the lion?
6. What did the lion do to the mouse?
7. What happened to the lion one day?
8. Who saved the lion?
9. What did the lion say after he was rescued by the mouse?
10. What did you learn from the story?
Allow the pupils to draw their favorite character and to talk about their work during
“Show and Tell.” (Refer to LM, p. 410, I Can Do It)
Evaluation:
Ask: If you were the mouse, would you also help the lion? Why or why not?
If you were the lion, would you let the mouse free?
Agreement:
Have the pupils retell the story to their family or a best friend.
Lesson 17: Bring Out the Hero in You
Objectives:
Describe and discriminate the best part of the story
Listen and follow three-step directions
Write a personal recount by completing a stem to answer the guide questions
Express feelings and opinions through varied activities
Materials: computer or DVD player and story book
Value Focus: You can be a hero if you do good deeds and if you become a person for
others.
Procedure:
Motivation:
Say: Before we start reading today, I’m going to reread the last part of the story. How
did you feel while listening to the last part of the story?
Reread the story in the textbook so pupils can recall the story and choose their favorite
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Ask: Which part of the story is your favorite? Why?
Which is the worst part of the story? Why?
Allow the pupils to choose the best and the worst part of the story.
Have the class do the Timed-Pair Share activity. The pupils will choose their partners
and will assign who will become letter A and letter B. Give each player one minute to
share and then the next player will have the chance to answer the questions regarding the
best and worst part of the story. Announce which player will talk ﬁrst.
Ask the pupils to compare the feelings of the characters in the two pictures.
Evaluation:
Ask: Who was the hero in the story? Why? Would you consider the lion a hero, too?
Why or why not?
How can one become a hero? I can be a hero, too. When I … and if I …
Agreement:
Have the pupils take books from home to school (or vice-versa) for independent/extra
reading about Filipino heroes.
Lesson 18: Studying Can Save Lives
Objectives:
Describe the characters of the story using synonyms
Identify words with similar meaning and list the synonyms
Write a simple story using synonyms
Subject Matter: Synonyms
Materials: stuffed toy, pictures, and story book
Procedure:
Motivation:
Ask the pupils to describe the size of the mouse.
Show pictures of a mouse and a lion. (Refer to LM, p. 412, Get Set)
Compare the two animals.
Say: The mouse is small. Can you think of another word which has a similar meaning to
small? (Example: tiny and little)
The lion is big. Can you think of another word with the same meaning? (Example:
large and huge)
What are synonyms? Synonyms are words that have the same meaning.
Let the class do the “Sketch the Character” activity. (Refer to LM, p. 412, We Can Do It)
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Say: Listen to my description and later you will draw the characters.
The lion is big. It is large. It is huge.
The mouse is small. It is tiny. It is little.
Ask: What do you notice about these three words?
1. big, large, and huge
2. small, tiny, and little
Say: Big, large, and huge have the same meaning. Small, tiny, and little have similar
meaning, too. Do you know what we call words with similar meaning? They are
called synonyms.
Generalization:
Synonyms are words with similar meanings.
Let the pupils create as many “rainbow synonyms” as they can. (Refer to LM, p. 413,
I Can Do It)
Read the pair of words and the pupils will say their answers orally.
Agreement:
Let the pupils write a simple story using synonyms. Ask them to list the words that have
the same meaning.
Lesson 19: Be Proud of Who You Are
Objectives:
Speak clearly and audibly in full sentences
Identify words with opposite meaning / antonyms
Read Grade 2 level text with an accuracy of 95 to 100%
Materials: stuffed toy and story book
Value Focus: Good things come in small packages.
Procedure:
Motivation:
Show the stuffed toys and use them to motivate the pupils. (Refer to LM, p. 413, Get Set)
Say: Brave and courageous have similar meaning so they are _______.
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Let the pupils read the sentences inside the box.
Review:
Say: Let’s try to remember how we call words with the same meaning.
Do you know that there are also words with opposite meaning?
Big is the opposite of small.
Tiny is the opposite of huge.
What does opposite mean? Opposite is the reverse.
Show real objects and pictures to explain antonyms.
Presentation: (Refer to LM, p. 414, Let’s Aim)
Allow the pupils to read the sentences with antonyms. Say that words with opposite
meaning are called ANTONYMS.
Play a game “Antonyms or Not.”
• If the pair of words are antonyms, the pupils will say, “Yes, it is.”
• If the pair of words are not antonyms, they will say, “No, it isn’t.”
Have the pupils tell whether the pair of words are antonyms or synonyms.
Let the pupils say: “Yes, it is.” or “No, it isn’t.”
Have the pupils make their own “Arrow Antonym Card.” Have them write the word and
its antonym inside the two opposing arrows.
Ask: Can you name a pair of words which are considered as antonyms?
Display the work of the pupils on the bulletin board. Have the class do the Gallery Walk
and talk about their work.
Evaluation:
Let the pupils complete this sentence:
After listening to my teacher and classmates, I realized that antonyms are _________.
Agreement:
Let the pupils explain what the following saying means:
“Good things come in small packages.”
The mouse is small.
The mouse is little.
The mouse is tiny.
The lion is big.
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Lesson 20: Be Thankful for God’s Creation
Objectives:
Discuss and annotate what they see in the community
Make a card to tell the things that one appreciates in nature
Write a personal recount by completing a stem to answer the guide questions
Read with automaticity the 2nd grade high frequency / sight words
Materials: manila paper, chart, and ﬂash cards
Value Focus: Be thankful to God and be God-fearing. Let us live according to His will.
Procedure:
1. my 2. down 3. let 4. along 5. don’t
Motivation:
Have the pupils complete the poem. (Refer to LM, p. 416, Get Set)
Say: Look around you and describe anything using these lines.
I see the ________ and the _________ sees me.
God bless the ____________, and God bless me.
Activating Prior Knowledge:
Show the picture of a lion inside the net.
Ask: Can you remember what happened? What lines did the lion say in this picture?
Ask the pupils to dramatize the story. Group the pupils by twos and encourage them to
think of appropriate lines to complete their play. Pupils may use their mother tongue
during the presentation.
Group Work:
Ask the pupils to make a giant card and write the things that they see in nature.
Example: I see the pack of lions and the pack of lions sees me.
God bless the pack of lions, and God bless me.
Evaluation:
Show the teacher chart containing these sentences and let the pupils ﬁll in the blanks.
After our lesson about adjectives, I can put in a nutshell what we did today. Here are
some of the things that we learned today_________________.
I see the world and the world sees me. God bless the world and God bless me.
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Lesson 21: I Have a Good Friend
Target Skills:
Oral Language:
• Listen and respond to texts to clarify meanings heard while drawing on personal
experiences
short stories
Fluency:
• Read with automaticity ten 2nd grade high frequency / sight words
Vocabulary:
Book Knowledge:
• Identify the title, author, and book illustrator
• Infer / Predict outcome
• Make connections (text to self)
Grammar:
• Use different kinds of sentences (declarative)
Objectives:
Answer Wh- questions
Predict what will happen next
Relate oneself / a friend with the characters in the story
Recall a similar incident or personal experience
Sequence the events in the story
Retell the story
Tell something about one’s friend
Subject Matter: Story: “The Puddle” by Dali Soriano
Materials: pictures, story map
Value Focus: Respect for life
Procedure:
Say: Let us read the sight words. Read after me.
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Let us read the word very again. Let us read the word wash again.
Now, I will use these words in a sentence: My hands are very dirty. I need to wash.
What do we mean by the word very? What do we mean by the word wash?
Use these words in your own sentence.
Now, let us spell the word very in the air. Now, spell it in your notebook.
Now, let us spell the word wash in the air. Now, spell it in your notebook.
Pre-Reading: (Refer to LM, p. 420, Get Set)
Ask the class to look at the picture.
1. What do you see in the picture?
2. Why do you think pigs love to play in the mud?
Say: Class, in the picture, the pig is playing in a puddle of mud. What do you call
puddle of mud in Tagalog?
Motivation:
Show the picture of three pupils on LM p. 421 to the class.
Ask the following:
1. What can you say about the picture?
2. Who could they be?
3. Where could they be?
4. How about you? Do you have friends?
5. Who are your friends in this class?
6. What are the fun things you do together?
Presentation:
Motive Question:
What do you think will happen if we play in a puddle or other dirty places?
During Reading:
Read the ﬁrst two paragraphs in the story. (Refer to LM, p. 422, We Can Do It)
Then ask the following questions:
1. Who are the characters in the story?
2. What can you say about Leo? Bob? Jim?
3. One morning after the rain, what did they see on their way to school?
4. What did Bob and Jim do? How about Leo?
5. Can somebody show us what Leo did?
6. What do you think did Bob and Jim feel?
7. If you were Bob and Jim would you feel the same way? Why?
Read the third and fourth paragraphs then ask the following questions:
1. How did Bob and Jim feel?
2. If you were Bob and Jim, would you feel the same way? Why or why not?
3. What did Leo tell them afterwards?
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Read the rest of the story then ask the following questions:
1. What did Bob and Jim do? How about Leo, what did he do?
2. Do you think Bob and Jim made the right decision of not joining Leo? Why?
3. What happened to Leo at the end of the story?
Ask the following questions:
1. Where did Leo play on his way to school?
2. What did he do to Bob and Jim? What did the two boys do?
3. What happened to Leo the next day?
Valuing:
1. Was Leo right in playing in the puddle? Why or why not?
2. What do you think will happen if you play in a puddle?
3. Who among you got sick and was brought to the hospital? Was it fun being
sick? Why or why not? What did you experience when you were in the
hospital?
4. What are the things we should do so we will not get sick?
Application:
Relating to One’s Experience:
Introduce Leo to the class.
Ask: What can you say about Leo?
Do you have a friend who is like Leo? How are they the same?
Can you give situations when your friend wanted you to have fun but you
turned him/her down? Why did you not join him/her?
Do you have friends like Bob and Jim?
What do you like to do with them?
Evaluation:
Ask: Who do you think is a better friend? Why? What does a good friend do?
Can you name your good friends?
Agreement:
Say: Do you take pictures of your friends? Who has a picture of his/her friend/s? Let us
see what fun things you do with them. Tomorrow, please bring to class a picture of
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Lesson 21: I Have a Good Friend
(Day 2)
Procedure:
which why
Let us read the word which. Repeat. Let us read the word why. Repeat.
Now, I will use these words in a sentence: Which is your favorite? Why?
What do we mean by the word which? What do we mean by the word why?
Can you come up with your own sentence?
Now, let us spell the word which in the air. Now, spell it in your notebook.
Now, let us spell the word why in the air. Now, spell it in your notebook.
Presentation:
Story Review:
Recall the story through the sequencing of pictures. Let the pupils sequence the events
according to how they happened in the story. Have the pupils write only the number.
After re-arranging the pictures, let the pupils retell the story using their own words.
Say: Choose the picture where the answer to my questions can be found.
1. In which part of the story did Leo enjoy the puddle?
2. In which part of the story did Bob and Jim change their clothes?
3. In which part of the story did Leo suffer the effect of his playing in the puddle?
Valuing:
Show pictures of children doing different things. Let the pupils identify which are good
and which are bad.
Explain the directions to the pupils and allow them to do the activity.
Application:
Have the class look at the pictures on LM, p. 425 again. Ask which of the actions being
shown were done by their friend. Have them pick one picture and tell how or when their
friend did it.
Evaluation:
Show and Tell:
Have the pupils bring out the photos of their friends.
Say: Show to class the photo of your friend. Tell something about him/her. Describe
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Lesson 22: I Know What a Declarative Sentence Is
Objectives:
Identify what a declarative sentence is
Come up with a declarative sentence
Subject Matter: Declarative Sentence
Materials: pictures, worksheets
Value Focus: Value of relationships
Procedure:
Say: Let us read these sight words. Read after me.
wish work
Let us read the word wish. Repeat. Let us read the word work. Repeat.
Now, I will use these words in a sentence: I wish my brother has work.
What do we mean by the word wish? What do we mean by the word work?
Can you use these words in your own sentence?
Now, let us spell the word wish in the air. Now, spell it in your notebook.
Now, let us spell the word work in the air. Now, spell it in your notebook.
Motivation:
(Note: If the classroom has the technology, show the following YouTube materials.)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANk8xlsp1pQ
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymjO2KawVSM
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SmoofUq0cY
Presentation:
Let the pupils answer the Get Set activity in the LM, p. 426.
Then, let the pupils say something about the pictures.
Guide Questions: (Refer to LM, p. 427, Let’s Aim)
Ask: What do you see in the pictures? Can you identify them?
What is common to all the pictures? What is the relationship they share?
Write some of the pupils’ sentences on the board.
Language:
Review the sentences on the board.
Sample Sentences:
The picture shows Darna and Ding.
The picture shows Pong Pagong and Kiko Matsing.
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Sample Cloze passages:
They are (friends.)
They (love each other.)
Friends (help each other.)
They (love to play.)
Application:
Ask the pupils who their friends are in class. Have the pair stand in front of the class and
they say something about their friendship.
Guide Questions:
1. Who is your friend?
2. What do you do together?
3. Where do you usually go?
4. What is your friend’s favorite food / color / show / game?
Write on the board the sentences that the pupils give.
Generalization:
Guide the class in coming up with the generalization. Go back to the sentences written
on the board.
Say: Class, look at the sentences on the board. There are different kinds of sentences.
All these sentences are called declarative sentences. Let’s ﬁnd out what a
declarative sentence is.
Guide Questions:
1. What does this (use one sentence) sentence tell you?
2. Does it ask you?
3. What punctuation mark is used at the end of the sentence?
A declarative sentence is a sentence that tells about something and ends with a period.
Practice Exercise:
Let the class do the following:
I. Put a check mark ( ) before the sentence if it is a declarative sentence,
and a cross (x) if it is not.
____ 1. Do you love to watch TV shows?
____ 2. My favorite superhero is Darna.
____ 3. I like to follow Darna’s adventures.
____ 4. Pong Pagong is funny.
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II. Complete the following sentences by writing your own ideas.
1. I love playing _________.
2. My favorite food is __________.
3. My mother’s name is ________.
4. I am a fan of _________.
5. I never leave the house without ________.
III. Write a declarative sentence for each picture.
Lesson 23: I Know How to Sequence Events
Objectives:
Predict outcome
Relate to one’s experiences
Subject Matter: Sequencing of Events
Materials: pictures, CD player, big / story book, strips of cartolina
Procedure:
would write
Let us read the word would. Repeat. Let us read the word write. Repeat.
Now, I will use these words in a sentence: I would write you a letter soon.
What do we mean by the word would? What do we mean by the word write?
Now, let us spell the word would in the air. Now, spell it in your notebook.
Now, let us spell the word write in the air. Now, spell it in your notebook.
Motivation:
Play the music of “We Build Communities” and have the pupils sing along.
During Reading:
Call on a pupil to read the story “Zelky and Friends.” (Refer to LM, p. 430, Let’s Aim)
Then ask the questions.
Picture 1 Questions:
1. Who has many friends? In the picture, can you identify Zelky’s friends?
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3. What do you think could they be doing one sunny day? Why?
4. What did they decide to do? If it were raining, do you think they will still play? Why
or why not? What could they be doing had it been raining?
5. According to the story, where will they play?
6. How about you, where do you play with your friends?
1. Where did they go before they went to play?
2. What did they do in Moymoy’s house?
3. Do you think Moymoy will join them? Why?
1. Did Moymoy agree to go? Who also thought that? Why did you think so?
2. Where did they go next? What was Leny doing?
3. Do you think Leny will go with them? Why?
4. If you were Leny and was still doing something when your friends come by, would
you go with them to play? Why?
1. Did Leny go? Why? Do you think she did the right thing? Why or why not?
2. Did Leny also get to play? How?
3. Did Zelky and his friends have a great day? What made you say so?
4. Do you also have great days with your friends? What do you do together that makes
your day great?
Post-Reading:
Have the class study the sentences and identify which action happened ﬁrst, second,
third, fourth, and last. Let the pupils sequence them correctly by drawing
a line connecting the sentences to the number. (Refer to LM, p. 431, I Can Do It)
Application:
Let the class do the following:
Directions: Read the following sentences and arrange them according to how they
should happen. Write the number before the sentence.
_____ We also went to the dress shop.
_____ In the mall, we went to the toy shop.
_____ Finally, we all ate a lot in my favorite restaurant.
_____ It was my birthday and Mother promised we would go to the mall.
_____ Before we went home, Father joined us in strolling inside the mall.
Agreement:
Say: Tomorrow, we shall have a fun activity. Do you like giving cards to your
friends? Do you want to make your own card for your friend? Bring art materials
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Lesson 24: I Can Make a Card
Objectives:
Identify the parts of a card
Design a self-made card for a friend
Subject Matter: Card Making
Materials: art materials
Value Focus: Card making is fun and can be a powerful tool to communicate to others.
Procedure:
your there
Let us read the word your. Repeat. Let us read the word there. Repeat.
Now, I will use these words in a sentence: Your bag over there is really nice.
What do we mean by the word your? What do we mean by the word there?
Can you use these words to come up with your own sentence?
Now, let us spell the word your in the air. Now, spell it in your notebook.
Now, let us spell the word there in the air. Now, spell it in your notebook.
Presentation:
Card Making. (Refer to LM, p. 432, Let’s Aim)
Show the pupils a sample card. Then, introduce its parts. Let them design the card.
Questions:
1. Have you received a card before? What was the occasion? From whom? How did you
feel when you received it?
2. Now, let’s look at the card. What are its important parts? (Use the example on LM, p.
432 or a real card.)
Give out the blank card to each pupil. Then, guide the pupils ﬁll up the parts by
writing the date, the name of their friend, and their name. (Refer to LM, p. 433, I Can Do It)
Instruct the pupils to start decorating their cards using the art materials they brought to
class.
Application:
Show and Tell:
Say: In front of the class, show your self-made card and read the message that you
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Lesson 25: I Love to Help Others
Target Skills:
Oral Language:
experiences
short stories
Fluency:
Vocabulary:
• Recognize that some words represent part of a whole (meronyms)
Book Knowledge:
• Infer / Predict outcome
• How to write a simple story
Grammar:
• Use different kinds of sentences (exclamatory)
Study Strategies:
• Interpret bar graphs and tables
Objectives:
Identify unfamiliar words in English and learn their meanings
Relate oneself / a friend with the characters in the story
Recall the story read
Perform different activities highlighting multiple intelligences
Subject Matter: Story: “Boatman to the Rescue” by Dali Soriano
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Procedure:
is are
Let us read the word is. Repeat. Let us read the word are. Repeat.
Now, I will use these words in a sentence: She is my sister. We are siblings.
Now, let us spell the word is in the air. Now, spell it in your notebook.
Now, let us spell the word are in the air. Now, spell it in your notebook.
Pre-Reading:
Motivation:
Show the pupils a poster of the movie Enteng Kabisote at ang Panday.
Then, ask the following questions:
Are you familiar with this movie? Who have watched this?
Did you like it? Who among the superheroes is your favorite? Why?
Motive Question:
What is a hero? Who can be a hero?
During Reading:
Do shared reading with the pupils. (Refer to LM, pp. 435-436, We Can Do It)
Show the pictures to the class and ask questions at each pause.
Box 1 Questions:
What is the title of the selection?
Who wrote the story?
Do you know what a boatman is? How about the word rescue?
“Come, let’s play!” Fred called his friends at the park.
“It’s raining. Let’s go home,” Bobby said.
“It will stop soon. Let’s play, please!” begged Fred.
“It will not stop. Look! The streets are ﬂooded. Let’s go home fast!”
Bobby explained.
Box 2 Questions:
What words are not familiar to you? (begged, ﬂooded)
Who are the two boys in the story? Where were they?
What was the weather on that day?
Who wanted to play? Did Bobby want to play, too? Why?
What happened to the streets?
What do you think would Fred and Bobby do next?
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Bobby and his friends went home. Fred continued to play in the rain.
Then there was a heavy downpour. It flooded the streets.
The water rose higher and higher.
Box 3 Questions:
What words are not familiar to you? (downpour)
What did Bobby do? What did Fred do?
What happened to the flood on the street?
What do you think would happen to Fred?
In Fred’s house, his mother went up the roof of their house to save
herself. She looked around. “Fred! Fred! Fred!” she called.
“Lord, God, have mercy on us. I trust You. I believe that You will
bring my son back to me.”
Fred’s mother knelt down to pray. She did not stop praying.
Box 4 Questions:
What words are not familiar to you? (roof, mercy, knelt)
Who went up the roof? Why do you think she went up there?
Who was she calling? Did she find Fred?
What did mother do when she could not see Fred?
Would Fred come back home? What might have happened to Fred? Why?
Suddenly she heard a motor boat coming. She stood. She saw a
small hand waving at her. As the motor boat came near the house,
Fred’s mother heard Fred calling, “Nanay, come! Bobby is here to
rescue us. Let’s move to higher ground!”
Fred’s mother jumped on the boat and hugged Fred.
“Fred, thank God, we are safe. Thank you, too, Mr. Boatman.”
Box 5 Questions:
What did Fred’s mother hear?
(The class gives the sound of a running motor boat.)
Who were on the boat? Why were Fred and Bobby on the motor boat?
Whom did Fred’s mother thank? Who is the boatman?
Post-Reading:
Ask the pupils to answer the Motive Question.
Let the pupils answer more comprehension questions like the following:
• What should have been done by Fred when it was already raining? Why?
• What kind of friend was Bobby? Do you have a friend like him?
How has he/she helped you?
• Why is a motor boat better to use in rescuing flood victims than the one without a
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• In the story, to whom did Fred’s mother call ﬁrst for help? How did she ask
God for help? How did God answer her prayer?
• What did you learn from the story?
(Refer to LM, pp. 436-437, I Can Do It)
Let the pupils look at the pictures with the important parts of the story.
Let them choose the part they like the most. Then, allow the pupils to color it.
Finally, let them tell something about it to the class.
Lesson 25: I Love to Help Others
(Day 2)
Procedure:
height weight
Let us read the word height. Repeat. Let us read the word weight. Repeat.
Now, I will use these words in a sentence: My height is just right for my weight.
(Explain what the sentence means.)
What do we mean by the word height? What do we mean by the word weight?
Now, let us spell the word height in the air. Now, spell it in your notebook.
Now, let us spell the word weight in the air. Now, spell it in your notebook.
Lead the class in singing the song “Row, Row, Row Your Boat.”
Recall of the Story:
1. What is the title of the story we read yesterday?
2. This time, we are going to watch the story using our toy TV set. Since our TV set
here has no sound, you are going to be the one to retell what you see on the screen.
Presentation:
Introduction for the Group Activities
Say: Now that you fully understand the story, I know you are ready to do the activities
I prepared today. Here are the directions, that you will follow:
• There are four different activity stations, namely (the teacher pointing)
Paper Boat-Making Station, Big Book-Making Station, Picture Puzzle Station,
and Justice League Station.
• Each group will go to one station one at a time.
• The leader gets the activity envelope and reads the directions.
• He or she tells his or her group mates how they will do the activity.
• Listen attentively to my signal so you will know when to go from one station to
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Give the following standards for group work:
1. Read the directions carefully.
2. Help one another in doing the activity.
3. Talk one at a time and speak softly.
4. Stay with the group, do not go around.
5. Practice CLAYGO (clean as you go) before leaving the station.
Group Work:
Read the directions for each activity station. (Refer to LM, pp. 439-440, Let’s Aim)
1. What did you learn from the (name of the station)?
2. While doing the activities, how did you behave?
3. What value/s did you practice during the activity?
Generalization:
Cooperation is helping out each other. It makes work easier and possible when you
do it with friends.
Lesson 26: I Know What an Exclamatory Sentence Is
Objectives:
Recognize and use exclamatory sentences
Use the exclamation point correctly
Express appropriate feelings on a given situation
Subject Matter: Exclamatory Sentences
Materials: pictures of smileys, charts, cartolina strips, pictures, smiley masks
Value Focus: Sincerity in expressing one’s feelings
Procedure:
fry could
Let us read the word fry. Repeat. Let us read the word could. Repeat.
Now, I will use these words in a sentence: I wish I could fry chicken as well
as my mother could.
What do we mean by the word fry? What do we mean by the word could?
Now, let us spell the word fry in the air. Now, spell it in your notebook.
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Motivation:
Let the class play “The Boat Is Sinking.”
Say: Let’s have a game. I will say: “The boat is sinking. Let’s form groups of four.” You
have to form a group with four members. Those who will not belong to any group
will take their seats and be out of the game. Is the instruction clear?
Presentation:
1. Introduction:
Say: You already learned declarative sentences. Today, you are going to learn another
kind of sentence.
2. Skill Development:
a. Elicitation (lifted from the story through the art of questioning)
Say: Match the situation I am going to say with the most possible words of the
characters in the story “Boatman to the Rescue.” (Refer to LM, p. 441,
We Can Do It)
Teacher’s Part:
Choices
• When it rained hard, what do you think
would Fred have said?
• When Bobby saw the ﬂood, what do
you think would he have said?
• When Fred’s mother saw that the water
was rising inside the house,
what do you think would she have said?
• When Mother saw Fred and Bobby
on a boat, what do you think would
Mother have said?
b. Analysis
Say: Let us study each exclamatory sentence. (Refer to LM, p. 442, Let’s Read)
1. “Yehey! It’s raining.”
2. “The water is rising now!”
3. “Oh no! I have to go up to the roof.”
4. “Fred! Oh, thank God, you’re safe.”
1. What feeling did Fred show when it rained hard?
2. What feeling did Bobby show when he saw that the water on the streets was rising?
3. What feeling did Mother show when the water in their house was rising?
4. What feeling did Fred’s mother show when she saw Fred was safe?
5. Are these feelings strong or weak?
6. What punctuation mark ends each exclamatory sentence? Everybody,
write an exclamation point in the air.
“Oh, no! I have to go
up to the roof.”
“Yehey! It’s raining!”
“Fred! Oh, thank God,
you’re safe.”
“The water is rising
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Suggested graphic organizer:
Exclamatory Sentences Feelings
• When it rained hard, what do you
think would Fred have said?
• When Bobby saw the ﬂood, what do
you think would he have said?
• When Fred’s mother saw the water
was rising inside the house, what do
you think would she have said?
• When Mother saw Fred and Bobby
on a boat, what do you think would
Mother have said?
“Yehey! It’s raining!”
“The water is rising now!”
“ Oh, no! I have to go up
to the roof.”
“Fred! Oh, thank God,
you’re safe.”
Generalization:
An exclamatory sentence expresses a strong feeling.
It is used when one feels happy, angry, surprised, or afraid.
It starts with a capital letter and ends with an exclamation point (!).
Have the pupils put an exclamation point (!) at the end of each exclamatory sentence.
1. We won___
2. Hurray___
3. Fire___Fire___Fire___
4. What a big dog___
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Oral Practice (triad):
Say: Read the sentence inside the thought bubble. Say it in different ways.
Choose a smiley face and wear it. Then, say the sentence according to the smiley
face. Check if your group mate uses the exclamatory sentence correctly.
(Refer to LM, p. 443, We Can Do It, Activity I)
Written Practice: (Refer to LM, p. 443, We Can Do It, Activity II)
Say: Work with your partner. Write an exclamatory sentence about each picture.
Add another smiley face showing different feelings.
Agreement:
Ask the pupils how they feel when they hear a thunderclap. What do they say when they
hear a thunderclap?
Lesson 27: I Am a Part of a Whole
Objectives:
Subject Matter: Flooding
Materials: pictures
Procedure:
was were
Let us read the word was. Repeat. Let us read the word were. Repeat.
Now, I will use these words in a sentence: She was scared yesterday. It was raining
heavily. We were trapped in the building.
Now let us spell the word was in the air. Now, spell it in your notebook.
Now let us spell the word were in the air. Now, spell it in your notebook.
Pre-Reading:
Show a video of the “great ﬂood” in the city. Let the pupils react to the video in
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ3DT-FNf8g.
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Guide Questions:
1. What do you see in the video/picture? Can you describe the place? The people?
2. Have you experienced the same?
3. What did you do? What did your family do?
4. Was there someone who helped you? Who?
5. In your very young age, how can you help the flood victims?
Listening Proper:
Read the following news article. Ask the pupils to remember information listened to.
Philippines: Typhoon ‘Ondoy’ Death Toll Reaches 243
by Leo Reyes / October 1, 2009
A rain-filled typhoon code named ‘Ondoy’ left Metro Manila, Philippines with
243 people dead and thousands homeless as a large part of Metro Manila remained
submerged in floodwater more than three days after the typhoon left the country.
Almost a week after Typhoon Ondoy left the Philippine area of responsibility,
several Manila cities and towns remain submerged in floodwater. As of 6:30 a.m.
today, the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) of the Philippines
reported 243 dead with several others missing. Damage to infrastructure is expected
to hit P5 billion while more than 2,000 homes were destroyed.
Typhoon Ondoy was reported to be a rain-filled typhoon but with less wind. It was
reported by the Philippine Weather Bureau that the rain content of Typhoon Ondoy
was more than the volume of rainwater that Hurricane Katrina dropped in New
Orleans a few months ago.
Comprehension Check:
1. What is the title of the news article?
2. Who wrote it?
3. When was it written?
4. How was the typhoon called?
5. Where exactly in the Philippines did the typhoon leave so much damage?
6. Describe the typhoon.
7. How many died?
8. How did you feel after listening to the news article? Why?
Generalization:
Ask: What can you say about the relationship of the meronyms to the words at the right?
How are they related?
A meronym is a word which is a part of something and is used to refer to the whole.
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Ask the pupils to answer LM, p. 446, We Can Do It.
Key to Correction:
bedroom – house, toes – feet, table of contents – book, car – trafﬁc jam,
sleeves – blouse, bark – tree
Lesson 28: I Can Write a Simple Story
Objectives:
Identify the parts of a simple story
Write a simple story from a given set of details
Subject Matter: Writing a Simple Story
Materials: paper boats with sentences, copy of the story
Value Focus: Being organized
Procedure:
sty boar
Let us read the word sty. Repeat. What do we mean by the word sty?
Let us read the word boar. Repeat. What do we mean by the word boar?
Now, I will use these words in a sentence: A boar, being wild, cannot be put in a sty.
Now, let us spell the word sty in the air. Now, spell it in your notebook.
Now, let us spell the word boar in the air. Now, spell it in your notebook.
Presentation:
Pre-Writing: (Refer to LM, p. 447, Get Set)
Say: Today, we are going to study how to write a simple story.
Have the pupils make a word web for the word teamwork.
Ask: What are the good things we get if we work together as a team?
Elicit simple sentences from the ideas given by the pupils.
Model simple sentence writing.
Motivation/Recall of the Story:
Let the pupils arrange the jumbled sentences on the paper boats to form the summary of
the story “Boatman to the Rescue.”
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Say: To help us write a simple story, let us study the pictures and try to
sequence them according to how they happen.
Which of the pictures should be the ﬁrst? second? last?
Let us give a name to the girl. What can be a nice name for her?
In the ﬁrst picture, what can you say about her? In the second
picture? How about in the last picture?
Application:
Ask: As a whole, what are all these pictures about? How do we say that in a complete
sentence? What can be a good title for our story?
Evaluation:
Say: Now let us try to create a big book out of our story.
I will give each group a blank big book and you have to paste on each page the picture
according to the correct sequence. Don’t forget to write the title of the story on the
cover page. Then, write the sentences under each of the pictures. Copy them correctly.
Lesson 29: I Am a Filipino
Target Skills:
Oral Language:
experiences
short stories
Fluency:
• Read Grade 2 level text within an accuracy rate of 95 to 100%
Vocabulary:
Book Knowledge:
in English
• Infer/Predict outcome
Grammar:
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Objectives:
Identify the traits of Filipinos
Relate oneself / a friend with the character in the poem
Subject Matter: Poem: “As a Filipino”
Materials: pictures, story map, photos
Value Focus: Positive Filipino traits
Procedure:
don’t thank
Let us read the word don’t. Repeat. Let us read the word thank. Repeat.
Now, I will use these words in a sentence: Don’t forget to thank God each day.
What do we mean by the word don’t? What do we mean by the word thank?
Now, let us spell the word don’t in the air. Now, spell it in your notebook.
Now, let us spell the word thank in the air. Now, spell it in your notebook.
Pre-Reading:
Motivation:
Play the song of As a Filipino. Let the pupils sing along then show them a photo of a boy
raising the Philippine ﬂag. Ask the following questions:
1. What do you see in the picture? (Refer to LM, p. 451, Get Set)
2. Why do you think the boy is raising the Philippine ﬂag?
3. Are you proud to be a Filipino? Why? Why not?
Introduce the word patriotism. Then using the semantic web, have the pupils
associate patriotism with different activities done by Filipinos. Use Filipino to
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Motive Question:
What are the characteristics of Filipinos?
During Reading: (Refer to LM, pp. 452-453, We Can Do It)
Show pictures of Filipino children. Have the pupils read the first stanza of the poem.
1. Who is talking in the poem?
2. What has been told to him?
3. What is the duty of a true Filipino?
4. Do you love your country, the Philippines? Why? Why not?
5. In what ways can you show your love of country?
Read the second stanza of the poem. Ask the following questions:
1. In whom does a Filipino believe?
2. When someone is weak, what does God do?
3. What does God shower us with?
4. As mentioned in the poem, why is God here with us every day?
5. Do you believe in God too? Why? Why not?
6. Do you talk to God? How do you talk to Him? How do you pray?
Can you show the class the way you pray?
7. What do you tell God in your prayer?
8. Have you ever prayed and God answered your prayer immediately? What did you
feel? Can you share what you prayed for?
9. Is prayer important? Why? Why not?
Read the third stanza of the poem. Then, ask the following questions:
1. According to the lines, how would you describe Filipinos?
2. What is the attitude of Filipinos towards work?
3. From the poem, in what particular conditions do Filipinos work together?
4. Can you think of any activity in your community where Filipinos show unity? Do
you know what bayanihan is?
5. Why do you think it is important for people to work together in spite of difficulties?
Let the pupils read the fourth stanza of the poem. Then, ask the following questions:
1. In the poem, what is the Filipino proud of?
2. How does he show that he’s proud of his country?
3. Are you, too, proud of your country? Why? Why not?
4. In what ways can you show that you are proud of your country?
Let the pupils read the fifth stanza of the poem. Then, ask the following questions:
1. What do we mean when we say “move forward”?
2. In the poem, what does the Filipino do to move forward?
3. Why does he study hard? Do you study hard, too? Why? Why not?
4. If a child studies hard, what do you think would happen to him in the future?
5. What do we mean when we say “be on top”?
6. How can a child like you help the country to be on top?
AS A FILIPINO
FAITH IN GOD
UNITY
PATRIOTISM
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Post-Reading:
1. What characteristics of Filipinos are mentioned in the poem?
2. Which characteristics do you possess?
3. Give a situation where you showed any of the characteristics of Filipinos.
Valuing:
1. How will you show your faith in God?
2. How will you show that Filipinos are united?
3. Who among you have experienced helping other Filipinos who are in need? What did
you feel after doing so?
4. How will you show your love for the country?
5. How does studying hard help the country become progressive?
Application:
1. Relating to One’s Experience (Refer to LM, p. 454, I Can Do It)
Show the pictures of different events in Filipinos’ lives. Guide the pupils in
identifying the characteristics of Filipinos based on what each picture shows.
2. Have the pupils match the picture in column A with the characteristic it shows in
column B.
Agreement:
Say: On your way home, what colorful things do you see? Tomorrow, I’d like you to
bring crayons and other art materials because we will do some coloring activities.
Lesson 29: I Am a Filipino
(Day 2)
Procedure:
those read
Let us read the word those. Repeat. Let us read the word read. Repeat.
Now, I will use these words in a sentence: How would you like to read all those
story books?
What do we mean by the word those? What do we mean by the word read?
Now, let us spell the word those in the air. Now, spell it in your notebook.
Now, let us spell the word read in the air. Now, spell it in your notebook.

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Presentation:
Pre-Reading:
Guide the pupils in recalling the characteristics of Filipinos learned from the previous
lesson by completing the sentences. (Refer to LM, p. 455, Get Set)
Motivation:
Play the music of As a Filipino. Let the pupils sing along. Then, ask: As a Filipino, what
characteristics must you possess?
Guide the pupils in unlocking the words by matching the word with the picture it
symbolizes. (Refer to LM, p. 455, We Can Do It)
Motive Question:
Ask: What are the other characteristics of Filipinos?
During Reading: (Refer to LM, pp. 456-457, We Can Do It)
Allow the pupils to read the 6th stanza of the poem “As a Filipino.” Ask the following
questions:
1. What does the speaker in the poem promise to do?
2. Whose life is being talked about in the second line?
3. Is it okay to hurt other people? Why? Why not?
4. How will you show respect for life?
5. Are you aware of the war that is happening in Mindanao?
6. What would happen to our brothers and sisters there if this war continues?
Let the pupils read the 7th stanza of the poem. Ask the following questions:
1. What do we refer to when we say “laws of the land”?
As a Filipino, how should we respect the laws of the land?
2. What will happen if Filipinos obey the laws and the
government?
3. How can you show that you are a leader?
4. Do you know the saying, “A good leader is a good follower”? What does it mean?
5. How can you be of help to the leader in your group? To the captain in your
barangay? Do you know our president? Who is he? How can you be of help to him?
6. What are some of the laws that your community protect? Do you follow them? Why?
Why not?
1. What do we mean when we say “tongues that slay”? Can you
give examples? Was there a time you did this to anyone? Why?
2. What do we mean when we say “uphold all that is true”?
Can you give examples? Was there a time you did this? How?
3. What trait of Filipinos is mentioned in the poem?
4. According to the speaker, what will he stay away from?
5. What does an honest person uphold? Is it important to tell the truth? Why? Why not?
6. How will you show honesty in school? At home? In the community?
RESPECT FOR LIFE
TRUTH
RESPECT FOR LAW
AND GOVERNMENT

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1. What do we mean when we say “fair”? Can you give examples?
Was there a time you were unfair to anyone? How?
2. What do we mean when we say “oppress”? Can you give examples?
Was there a time you were oppressed? How?
3. What do we mean when we say “justice”? What other words can you give when you
hear the word justice?
4. As a Filipino, how will you show justice?
5. What does a fair or just person do?
6. Do you have friends? Do you choose your friends according to how rich or poor they
are? Do you only make friends to those who are rich? Why? Why not?
1. What is freedom? Have you heard of this word? Where?
What words can you think of when you hear the word freedom?
What makes a person free? (Refer to LM, p. 457, I Can Do It)
2. According to the poem, what will the speaker defend until the end?
3. What are rights? Do you know that as children you have rights? Do you know any of
these rights?
4. What are responsibilities? At home, do you have responsibilities?
5. Why do you think rights always come with responsibilities?
6. Do you know that as a Filipino, you have the right to education? What do you think is
your responsibility now that you are given this chance to be in school?
Post-Reading:
1. How should Filipinos value life?
2. Cite a situation where you strictly followed a law in your community/barangay. How
did you feel after doing so?
3. How will you demonstrate honesty in your everyday life?
4. How will you show fairness in making a simple decision inside the classroom?
5. Do you enjoy being free? Why?
Valuing: (Refer to LM, p. 458, I Can Do It)
Show a picture of a pedestrian crossing where people are waiting for the right time to
cross. Then, ask the following questions:
1. Have you ever seen a pedestrian lane? What is a pedestrian lane?
2. What should we observe in crossing a pedestrian lane?
Show the picture of traffic lights. Then, ask the following questions:
1. When is the right time to cross the street? What are the three-colored traffic lights?
What does each color mean?
2. Why is it important to put traffic lights along streets and highways?
3. What would probably happen if there are no traffic lights in the city?
Tell pupils to color the box using the correct color that indicates the correct action to be
taken in crossing the street.
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JUSTICE

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Application:
Show a Lost and Found box.
Lost and Found
Ask the following:
1. Where do you usually see this box? What is this box for? What can you find in this
box?
2. Have you experienced losing something important to you? What did you feel? or
Have you experienced finding something which does not belong to you? What did
you do?
3. Is it okay to get something you don’t own? Why? Why not?
4. Have you ever lied to anyone? What was the result of telling a lie?
5. Do you think it is okay to tell a lie? What would probably happen to a person who
always tells a lie?
Agreement:
Assign pupils to bring red and blue flaglets for the next day’s lesson.
Lesson 30: I Know How to Ask Questions
Objectives:
Identify what an interrogative sentence is
Form an interrogative sentence
Subject Matter: Interrogative Sentence
Materials: pictures, worksheets, flaglets, chart
Procedure:
made green
Let us read the word made. Repeat. Let us read the word green. Repeat.
Now, I will use these words in a sentence: Who made the green lanterns hanging
along the corridors?
What do we mean by the word made? What do we mean by the word green?
Now, let us spell the word made in the air. Now, spell it in your notebook.
Now, let us spell the word green in the air. Now, spell it in your notebook.

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Motivation:
Let the pupils read the comic strip. (Refer to LM, p. 459)
Ask the following:
1. Who are talking in the comic strip?
2. How did Erica start making friends?
3. How old is Erica?
4. When is her birthday?
5. Why does she seldom go out of the house?
6. Does your mother allow you to go out very often? How do you feel when she does
not allow you?
7. Have you experienced making friends? What did you feel at the start?
8. Is asking questions important in making friends? Why? Why not?
Language: (Refer to LM, p. 460, We Can Do It)
Guide the pupils in identifying sentences that ask something. Let the pupils raise their
blue flaglets if the sentence asks a question and raise their red flaglets if it does not.
Have them write in Column A all the sentences that ask questions and in Column B all
the sentences that do not ask questions.
Sample:
Column A Column B
What is your name? I’m Karen.
When is your birthday? It’s on the 16th of December.
Why do you seldom go out? My Mother won’t allow me.
How old are you? I’m six years old.
Relating to One’s Experience
Ask the pupils who their friends are in the class. Ask the pair to stand in front. One pupil
asks questions about anything while the other answers.
Guide Questions:
1. Who is your best friend?
2. Where do you usually go?
3. What is your friend’s favorite food / color / show / game?
4. When is your birthday?
5. Why do you study hard?
Write on the board some of the sentences that the pupils give.
Generalization:
Guide the class in forming the generalization. Go back to the sentences written under
Column A.
Say: Class, these are examples of sentences. There are different kinds of sentences.
All these sentences are interrogative sentences. Let’s find out what an interrogative
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Ask: What does this (use one sentence) sentence ask you?
What punctuation mark is used at the end of the sentence?
How does an interrogative sentence usually start with?
An interrogative sentence is a sentence that asks a question. It uses question words
like who, what, where, when, how, and why. It ends with a question mark (?).
We use who for people, what for things/events, where for places, how for manner
or ways, and why for reasons.
Application: (Refer to LM, pp. 460-461, I Can Do It)
Lesson 31: I Know What Will Happen Next
Objectives:
Sequence events in the story
Predict an ending for the story
Subject Matter: Predicting Outcome
Value Focus: Importance of Knowing How to Sequence the Events in a Story and Our Life
Procedure:
first sleep
Let us read the word first. Repeat. Let us read the word sleep. Repeat.
Now, I will use these words in a sentence: Patricia was the first to sleep last night.
What do we mean by the word first? What do we mean by the word sleep?
Now, let us spell the word first in the air. Now, spell it in your notebook.
Now, let us spell the word sleep in the air. Now, spell it in your notebook.
Pre-Reading:
Motivation:
Ask: Does your mother ask you to do something?
What does she usually ask you to do?
During Reading:
Have the pupils read the story. (Refer to LM, p. 462, Let’s Aim)

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Post-Reading:
1. What did Mother ask Lara to do?
2. How many eggs did she buy?
3. How much does each egg cost?
4. How much did Lara give to the storekeeper?
5. Did the storekeeper give Lara the right change?
6. How much change should the storekeeper give Lara?
7. If you were Lara, what would you do after the storekeeper gave you the 10-peso
change?
Have the class study the sentences and identify which action happened ﬁrst, second,
third, and last. Let the pupils sequence them correctly by connecting the sentence to the
correct number. (Refer to LM, pp. 462-463, We Can Do It)
Valuing:
Show the picture of Lara and the 10-peso coin. Ask the pupils to think of an ending
which will best show the positive traits of Filipinos.
Let the pupils draw inside the box a good ending for the story read.
Ask the following:
1. Did you also experience what Lara experienced? What did you do then?
2. How important is honesty?
3. What do you think would happen to kids who demonstrate honesty in everything they
do?
Show and Tell:
Ask the pupils to show and tell the class the ending they made for the story.
Lesson 32: I Can Write a Simple Story Again
Objectives:
Write a simple story/paragraph
Subject Matter: Writing a Simple Story/Paragraph
Materials: story map, word strips
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Procedure:
correct arrived
Let us read the word correct. Repeat. Let us read the word arrived. Repeat.
Now, I will use these words in a sentence: Yes! We finally arrived at the correct
place.
What do we mean by the word correct? What do we mean by the word arrived?
Now, let us spell the word correct in the air. Now, spell it in your notebook.
Now, let us spell the word arrived in the air. Now, spell it in your notebook.
Pre-Writing:
Guide the pupils in recalling the processes of composition writing.
Motivation:
Ask the following:
1. Do you know someone whom you think possesses any of the Filipino traits we
discussed? What’s his/her name?
2. Describe him/her. What trait does he/she possess?
3. Give a specific example when he/she showed this trait.
During Writing:
1. Guide the pupils in filling in the chart with the appropriate words/phrases.
(Refer to LM, p. 464, I Can Do It)
2. Divide the class into groups with three members. Working as a team and with the
questions above as guide, make the pupils fill in the chart.
Lesson 33: I Love My Filipino Brothers and Sisters
Target Skills:
Oral Language:
experiences
short stories
Fluency:
• Read Grade 2 level text within an accuracy rate of 95 to 100%

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Vocabulary:
Book Knowledge:
in English
• Infer/Predict outcome
Grammar:
• Use different kinds of sentences
Objectives:
Relate oneself / a friend with the character in the poem
Subject Matter: Poem: “As a Filipino”
Value Focus: Peace in the Community, Concern for the Environment
Procedure:
off right
Let us read the word off. Repeat. Let us read the word right. Repeat.
Now, I will use these words in a sentence: Turn off the light when not in use. It is
the right thing to do.
What do we mean by the word off? What do we mean by the word right?
Now, let us spell the word off in the air. Now, spell it in your notebook.
Now, let us spell the word right in the air. Now, spell it in your notebook.

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Pre-Reading:
Motivation:
Show a picture of a heart and then ask the following questions:
1. What comes to your mind when you see a heart?
2. What does a heart symbolize?
3. How will you show love for others?
4. What makes you happy?
Motive Question:
What do Filipinos need in order to live a happy life? Let the pupils tell something about
each picture. (Refer to LM, p. 467, We Can Do It)
During Reading: (Refer to LM, p. 467, We Can Do It)
Ask the pupils to read the 11th stanza of the poem “As a Filipino.”
1. What does the Filipino in the poem value most?
2. What happens when you pledge?
3. What does he unconditionally pledge?
4. Do you love your mother? father? sibling? How do you show
your love for them?
5. What is a less fortunate person? Do you know a less fortunate person/family in your
community? How do you show your love for them?
6. Is it good to help those who are in need? Why do you think so?
7. Do you expect something in return whenever you help someone? Why?
Let the pupils read the 12th stanza of the poem while showing photos of Filipinos from
different parts of the country. Then, ask the following questions:
1. Do all Filipinos look the same?
2. How do Filipinos differ from one another?
3. Look at your classmates. Compare one with the other
in terms of physical appearance. What makes them different?
4. Why do you think Filipinos differ in many ways?
5. Do you have friends from Mindanao? Visayas? Luzon?
6. What makes them different from the rest? Do you treat them all the same? Why?
Why not?
7. Do you agree that as Filipinos, despite many differences, we are all equal? Why?
Why not?
Ask the pupils to read the 13th stanza of the poem. Then, ask the following questions:
1. What is a vow? Where do you normally hear that word?
2. What is peace? What things/animals do people use when
referring to peace? What should every Filipino do to achieve
peace? Are you at peace with your brothers/sisters? How do
you stay peaceful in the family?
3. How can a person live in harmony? What is meant by “living in harmony”?
4. Do you ﬁght with your classmate? Is it okay to ﬁght with anyone? Why? Why not?
5. How can you have a model of peace in your classroom?
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EQUALITY
PEACE

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Let the pupils read the 14th stanza of the poem. Then, ask the following questions:
1. What is greed? How does one show greed? Is it a good trait?
Why? Why not?
2. According to the speaker how will he promote common good?
3. What would happen if people will be selfish? Would it bring
good friendship? Why? Why not?
Post-Reading:
1. What do Filipinos need in order to live a happy life? What makes you happy? What
can make your mother/father/siblings happy?
2. What should Filipinos do so there can be love, peace, and equality?
3. What is the best way to show love for your friends? family? other people?
4. How can you contribute to a happier life at home? In school? In the community?
Valuing: (Refer to LM, p. 468, I Can Do It)
Ask: Do you help your community? How? What did you do? Do you have pictures
showing it? Bring that photo and be able to share it with the class tomorrow.
Lesson 33: I Love My Filipino Brothers and Sisters
(Day 2)
Procedure:
first sing
Let us read the word first. Repeat. Let us read the word sing. Repeat.
Now, I will use these words in a sentence: The first to sing receives a prize.
What do we mean by the word first? What do we mean by the word sing?
Now, let us spell the word first in the air. Now, spell it in your notebook.
Now, let us spell the word sing in the air. Now, spell it in your notebook.
Pre-Reading:
Motivation:
Play the music of As a Filipino. Let the pupils sing along. Guide the pupils in recalling
the previous lesson by writing in each of the boxes what Filipinos need to live a happy
life.
Unlocking of Difficulties:
Guide the pupils in unlocking the words by matching each word on the left with its
meaning on the right. (Refer to LM, p. 469, We Can Do It)
PROMOTION
OF THE
COMMON GOOD

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Show the following photos of famous Filipinos. Then, ask the following questions:
1. Who are they? Can you identify them?
2. Why are they famous?
3. Can they be called the pride of the Philippines?
Motive Question:
How can one be a pride of the Philippines?
During Reading:
1. What does the Filipino in the poem vow to do?
2. Do you love your family? What about God? Why?
3. How do you show your love for your family? For God?
4. What is the speaker sure of when he grows up?
5. Do you also sow good things today that will help the children
of the next generation?
6. What do we mean by “sowing seeds of love”? How will sowing
seeds of love today help the next generation?
1. What will the Filipino in the poem maintain? What does
“without a stain” mean?
2. Do you keep your home and school clean, too? Why? Why not?
3. What do you do to keep them clean? What would happen if
you maintain the cleanliness of your home or your school?
4. Do you know a program of your school which greatly contributes towards a clean
and green environment? What is it?
5. Do you, too, keep your body clean? Why? Why not?
6. How do you keep your body clean? What would happen if you
observe personal hygiene?
Let the pupils read the last stanza of the poem. Then, ask the following questions:
1. What will the Filipino in the poem abide by? How about you,
what do you abide by at home? From whom?
2. What did the speaker say to keep order in the community?
3. How do we show respect to others? Why is it important to
show respect to anyone in every way?
4. Is there order in the community/home you belong? What do you notice?
5. How does it feel living in an orderly community/home?
6. What does “country’s future bright” mean?
7. What is meant by “future bright”? Why do you think did the speaker say that he’s the
“country’s future bright”? Can you also be the “country’s future bright”? How?
CONCERN FOR
FAMILY AND
FUTURE
GENERATION
CONCERN
FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT
ORDER

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Post-Reading:
Application:
1. What can you do so your parents will be proud of you?
2. How can one be a pride of the next generation?
3. Do you agree that the future generation can tell what we do today? What should we
do today? How can we help our future generation?
4. Cite a situation where you helped save the environment. What did you feel?
5. How can you contribute to the orderliness of your community?
Valuing:
Show the picture of a withered plant. (Refer LM, p. 471, I Can Do It)
Then, ask the pupils:
1. What do you notice with the plant?
2. Are you aware of “global warming”?
3. What would happen if all plants and trees become dry?
4. How can you help prevent global warming?
Application: (Refer to LM, p. 472, Measure My Learning)
Show pictures of children doing different things.
Have the pupils put a happy face before the pictures which show order in the community,
and a sad face before those which do not.
Show and Tell:
Let the pupils look at the pictures again.
Ask: Which of these situations do you see happening around your community? Pick one
picture and tell how and when it happened.
Agreement:
Ask: Do you see your parents helping the community? Do they have pictures
showing it? Bring that photo and share it with the class tomorrow.
Lesson 34: I Can Name the Different Kinds of Sentences
Objectives:
Identify different kinds of sentences
Use different kinds of sentences
Construct simple sentences about a picture
Tell something about one’s friend
Subject Matter: Kinds of Sentences (Review)
Materials: pictures
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use or
Let us read the word use. Repeat. Let us read the word or. Repeat.
Now, I will use these words in a sentence: Gabriel either uses his old pair of shoes
or his new one.
What do we mean by the word use? What do we mean by the word or?
Now, let us spell the word use in the air. Now, spell it in your notebook.
Now, let us spell the word or in the air. Now, spell it in your notebook.
Review:
Let the class recall the kinds of sentences using the graphic organizer.
Valuing:
Ask the pupils:
1. Have you asked someone a favor?
2. What is courtesy? What is its Filipino counterpart? How do you show courtesy in
asking someone to do something for you?
Show words written on strips of cartolina. Have the pupils ﬁll in the blank to
complete each sentence. (Refer to LM, p. 474, I Can Do It)
please kindly may
1. Lock the door, ________________.
2. Excuse me. _______________ I pass?
3. __________________, get me a glass of water.
Application:
Play “What’s in the Box” in class.
Ask a pupil to get a piece of paper from the box and read its contents. Have the pupil do
what it says.
Examples:
Paper: Look for a classmate with hairpin. Ask her about her pet.
Paper: Look to your right. Tell something about your classmate.
Paper: Look for a classmate with a blue bag. Tell him/her what you played on the
computer yesterday.
Paper: Look for a classmate with a red bag. Request him/her to do something for you.

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Lesson 35: I Know My Good Friends
Objectives:
Sequence the events in a story
Subject Matter: Predicting Outcome
Story: “The Goose Who Had Many Friends” by Leah Bautista
Value Focus: Appreciation of Friendship
Procedure:
upon their
Let us read the word upon. Repeat. Let us read the word their. Repeat.
Now, I will use these words in a sentence: They built their house upon a cliff.
What do we mean by the word upon? What do we mean by the word their?
Now, let us spell the word upon in the air. Now, spell it in your notebook.
Now, let us spell the word their in the air. Now, spell it in your notebook.
Pre-Reading:
Motivation:
Ask: Do you have friends? Who are your friends?
During Reading:
Let the pupils read the story “The Goose Who Had Many Friends” silently.
(Refer to LM, p. 475, I Can Do It)
Post-Reading:
Ask the following questions about the story.
1. Describe the goose in the story.
2. What does the goose like to do?
3. What did she do with the fresh fish? What did her friends feel?
4. What did her friends do after finding out that she’s sick?
How did the goose feel about it?
5. What can you say about the goose’s friends? What attitude do they have? Do you
think they are good friends? Why? Why not?
6. What did they realize about life after all?
7. If you were the goose’s friend, what would you have done? Why?
Have the pupils study the sentences. Let them identify which action happened first,
second, third, fourth, and last. Have them sequence correctly by connecting each
sentence to the correct position at the left. (Refer to LM, p. 476, We Can Do It)

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Valuing:
Ask: Is it good to get other people’s food/things? All of it? Why? Why not?
Application:
Ask: Do you know a person who has the same attitude as the goose’s friends in the
story? Tell something about him/her. What will you tell him/her? Why?
Agreement:
Let the pupils write a short letter to any of the characters in the story. Let the pupils tell
him/them what they feel.
Lesson 36: Let’s Celebrate Being Filipinos
Objectives:
Do/perform a creative presentation (e.g., skit, dance/song, reader’s theater)
Work cooperatively with the group
Subject Matter: Culminating Activity
Materials: story map, word strips
Value Focus: Cooperation
Procedure:
tell does
Let us read the word tell. Repeat. Let us read the word does. Repeat.
Now, I will use these words in a sentence: Does an honest man tell a lie?
What do we mean by the word tell? What do we mean by the word does?
Now, let us spell the word tell in the air. Now, spell it in your notebook.
Now, let us spell the word does in the air. Now, spell it in your notebook.
Presentation:
Poem Recall:
Guide the pupils in recalling the poem “As a Filipino.” Let the pupils match the picture
in Column A with what it shows/tells in Column B. (Refer to LM, p. 477, I Can Do It)
Key to Correction:
1. b 2. a 3. e 4. d 5. c
Group Activity:
Guide the pupils in giving out their topic to be presented. Have each group leader
pick a topic. Then, he/she must pick the type of presentation the group will do.
Have each group present its work to the class.

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